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On the recordSeptember 19, 2012
I don't want to leave here, looking back at my tenure in Congress, and say I was involved in one of those moments where we did nothing and it just got worse.
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Jack Davis
Democratic · Illinois

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Davis emphasizes the need for reform to prevent further violence related to gun trafficking.

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